Christian Gilbert is the Director, Defense Intelligence Industry and Innovation Office for the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, where he is responsible for management of the Defense Intelligence Innovation Fund and developing technology partnerships with industry on behalf of the Defense Intelligence Enterprise. Mr. Gilbert is a career Intelligence Officer with multiple assignments around the community and a recipient of a Defense Intelligence Agency Meritorious Civilian Service Medal for his activities supporting technical collection and most recently an awardee in a National Intelligence Meritorious Unit Citation for an Interagency Collection Effort. Mr. Gilbert is a certified Acquisition Workforce Program Manager and served as a Program Manager in multiple assignments around the Intelligence Community.